Consultant in Clinical Oncology - Northwood, United Kingdom - East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

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Northwood, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

We are recruiting for a Consultant in Clinical Oncology (Urology) who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

At Mount Vernon, the post holder will be expected to work with members of the Urology teams delivering radiotherapy, SACT and outpatient clinics.

At Luton Hospital, the post holder will work closely with the Urology multidisciplinary teams to provide a safe and high-quality outpatient oncology service with SACT delivery.

This is a substantive post and comprises 11.0 programmed activities (PAs) and an on-call commitment.

Mount Vernon is a well-respected cancer centre, providing care to over 5,000 new patients a year, based in Northwood, Middlesex.

It is run by East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (ENHT) and is in the process of merging with University College London Hospital (UCH), a leading tertiary cancer services provider.

Mount Vernon will continue to provide high-quality care for cancer patients during the transition period, which is expected to complete by April 2024.

Mount Vernon Cancer Centre is the largest single site cancer centre in the south of England, with 25 clinical oncologists, 15 medical oncologists, 4 cancer radiologists and 1 palliative care physician, serving 9 surrounding hospitals.

There are 22 in-patient beds which provide specialist oncology care to patients requiring in-patient support.

We have an ambulatory care unit open 8 to 8, which provides support for acute oncology patients and day case supportive treatment.

Specialist medical and surgical care is provided by SLAs with Hillingdon Hospital as the estate landlord, and surrounding DGH's as required.

This post is available to provide site specific services to the local population and surrounding areas. Out-patient duties and SACT will be delivered at Mount Vernon and Luton Hospital. Brachytherapy and radiotherapy services will be delivered solely at Mount Vernon. The post holder will specialize in the management of urological malignancies, joining established dynamic teams of surgeons and oncologists.

The clinical oncology post holder would join this active team with an opportunity to further develop their own skills.

The Mount Vernon Cancer Centre has state of the art radiotherapy facilities including IGRT, VMAT, IMRT, and the ability to give SABR with both linac-based and the Cyberknife system.

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care.

Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
Hertford County, Hertford
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients.

We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees.

Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests.

Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Maintenance of highquality patient centered care
Shared responsibility for the daytoday management of the service and participation in strategic planning
Teaching and training within the multidisciplinary service
Active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings and directorate clinical governance activity
Active participation in continuing medical education

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.